America’s leading charities for helping families
In many ways, America is an excellent place in which to start a family and bring up children. With a great school system, a relatively booming economy and a good degree of political and institutional stability compared to some other parts of the world, growing up in America is in many ways a blessing. But for some families, it isn’t quite that simple.
The US does, for example, have high rates of child poverty, with 21% of American families deemed to be living under the designated US-wide child poverty level. And there are also ongoing issues surrounding emigration, asylum and citizenship – and in recent months there have been several serious cases involving families getting split up for a whole host of reasons. With these and many more issues posing problems for modern American families...